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Belarusian opposition leaders jailed

21 December 2010, Index number: EUR 49/010/2010

The organisers of a largely peaceful demonstration in Minsk, Belarus, against the rigging of elections on 19 December have been detained under suspicion of organising mass disorder. They face up to 15 years imprisonment. Among them are six of the nine opposition presidential candidates.